SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bipolar 2 | sleep | psychiatrist gave me samples of this to replace klonopin for nights when I can't sleep because I was beginning to abuse Klonopin and ended up getting it a car accident and a DUI for it. This helps me sleep, but it's expensive so I stick to klonopin- just have to be careful and my psych. understands that cost is very important | F | 20 | 5 days | 12/3/2006 | 3 | bipolar 2 and insomnia | weight gain, dry mouth, possible bad taste | F | 49 | 7 months | 2/22/2006 | 3 | bipolar w/ psychosis, insomnia | weight gain (30lbs), daytime sleepiness during first few weeks, muscle spasms, difficulty breathing deeply | I've been taking 300mg at bedtime along w/ a MS, AA, & AD. It helped end a psychotic episode, but caused a strange "disconnected" feeling. (I was going through the motions but not really concentrating on anything.) It did not help with my insomnia. Will be tapering off now that I am on another AP. | F | 24 | 4 months | 5/9/2007 | 3 | paranoid pyschotic tendencies | Extreme drowsiness(both after taking it and after waking up), dizziness, increased urination | I was admitted to a mental facility and prescibed seroquel for paranoid psychotic tendencies. I began with a 25mg. dose then progressed to 100, then 300mg all within the following week. It helped with the paranoia and the lack of sleep. But due to the recent information I have received I am not sure if the medicine was worth the side-effects it has been shown to cause. | F | 16 | 6 months | 2/22/2007 | 3 | bipolar mixed/insomnia | weight gain, acne, difficulty waking | only took as needed for sleep. when i would take it i noticed the next morning i would wake up with several pimples starting. When i woke up it was definetly hard to get out of bed and i would be STARVING. | F | 24 | 4 months | 2/19/2007 | 3 | sleep, PTSD, TRD, Self injury | weight gain | It's the only drug I can take to get any hope of a night without flashbacks and nightmares | F | 49 | 1 years | 2/27/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder NOS | acne | I forgot to mention this one | F | 39 | 3 years | 2/25/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder NOS | weight gain, severe drowsiness | I gained about 15 lbs over course of a year, at which point I was prescribed Topamax to lose the weight (changing diet/exercise didn't work). I also was sleeping literally twice as much as before (14 hrs per night) on 400 mg per day, and felt fatigued all day long. Recently decreased to 150 mg, which in combination with Abilify manages the mania without making me too tired. | F | 39 | 2 years | 2/25/2007 | 3 | Bipolar II | Sleepiness, but I take it to help me sleep, so that's fine. A little bit of restless leg feeling if I try to stay awake, but nothing serious. The biggest problem is it gives me the munchies, so I've gained quite a bit of weight--about 20 pounds in a year and a half. | F | 42 | 1.5 years | 8/12/2005 | 3 | bipolar II | severe headaches, rapid weight gain, increased appetite, some memory loss, i couldn't remember anything from a half hour before taking the drug up to finally being woken up, waking up was quite the task also, i've been late to work multiple times this past week. the worst part, numbness in my left leg/hip region | I'm not sure what has caused the numbness, but I can't think of anything else that could cause it. It is numb as though i was given a shot from a dentist in the hip. I set up an appointment with my dr and hopefully can go off of it. | F | 20 | 6 days | 2/25/2007 | 3 | Psychotic Bipolar Depression | Weight gain! To the tune of 60lbs! Lethargy. | Seroquel did help me with my illness, but at a high price. I slept all the time and gained alot of weight. I can hardly remember the year of my life while I was on this. Whether I can fully attribute that to Seroquel or a combination of the drug and my illness, who knows. But I was foggy and tired all the time even though the psychotic symptoms went away and my constant anxiety and insomnia were alleviated. | F | 25 | 1 years | 3/12/2007 | 3 | Insomnia, over-sensitivity, stress | Initially, on taking a sense of being drunk, dizzy and sleepy in some strange way; not nice! In time a less nasty feeling. Hard to wake up and groggy during the day, especially lately. | Severe insomnia since 8 years.A lot of stress with anxiety-related symptoms such as pulse racing and muscles cramping;a highly sensitive personality but not bipolar.Prescr 25 mg before sleeping,and 25 mg on waking up after 5 hrs if needed (always).I've been able to catch up with myself a bit, calm down, and although I sleep 10 hrs and it's hard to wake up I feel more positive now because I've slept a bit better than previously.More than 50 mg makes me too zombie-like.I'm trying to cut down on all medecines but I don't think I can live without sleeping pills (benzo and seroquel, or something else).I'm distressed about what it can do to you, and about developing tolerance. | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/22/2006 | 3 | Bipolar II,anxiety,insomnia | Increased appetite, strong sugar cravings, eating in the middle of the night, quick weight gain. | I rated my satisfaction a 3 because it does help with what my primary complaint was, insomnia. I'm not sure if its helping my Bipolar, or mood stability, but I do sleep better, excluding the times when I get up in the middle of the night with such a strong craving. | F | 32 | 7 days | 2/13/2006 | 3 | Bipolar I mixed episode/rapid cycle | somnolence - when I took it at night (50, then 200, then 100 mg)I was OUT COLD in twenty minutes. I needed about 12 hours of sleep. i couldnt drive before 11 am. it helped me A LOT; manics gone. i took it forever with no other side effects, but then 5 days ago I started having scary side effects. I was having black outs, waking up with bloody noses, bruises and finding i had burned myself or thrown up in the middle of the night and not remember it. i could handle the slurring in the morning, but it scared the crap out of me to wake up sick and not know how i got there. i am prone to sleep walking and night terrors anyway, but this was WAY extreme. side note: I am also taking Lamictal 100 mg. i feel like a chemical experiment...i am tired of trying to take the right thing. the Lamictal is my miracle drug but seroquel is a disappoinitment. i REALLY thought it was going to work but now im afraid of it. | This is a powerful drug that should be researched and discussed EXTENSIVELY with your psychiatrist before starting it. It is often a miracle drug, but it doesnt work well with everything. if it isn't for you, dont take it - it is dangerous for some. there are law suits against it, as well as people who swear by it. | F | 18 | 6 months | 9/27/2006 | 3 | schizo-affective | 85 pound weight gain within the year, 12-17 hour sleep | The seroquel didn't start to reduce the voices until 800mg the supposedely highest dose. But the voices reduced and i stayed up 8 hours a day and slept the rest of the day and it was better than feeling like i was going crazy but sleeping normal hours. I gained so much weight though! but i lost 1/2 (40 pounds through raw food and fasting on juices and learning how to eat less food) But now my doctor has a great idea. Put me on the lowest dose of seroquel and 2 other anti-psychotic drugs i tried in the past that didnt work because maybe they can work in conjunction- abilify and geodon and they don't make you gain weight. so far, for the month this is actually working! so i hope people can suggest this to their doctors. i'm not at the lowest dose yet but i was at a plateau in weight loss and i'm losing again since decreasing the seroquel and i'm still sleeping 12 hours a day- i'm going to get really low on the seroquel, take max of abilify- 30 mg- and lowest or low of geodon (cause of th | F | 23 | 1 years | 10/22/2006 | 3 | insomnia, sleeplessness | i can't even tell you how happy i was to find this website and to discover that almost everyone on the site has experienced WEIGHT GAIN! i thought i was losing my mind! i have gained seventeen pounds in three and a half months! i was an avid runner before this medication averaging thirty five or more miles per week. i am now so fatigued i can't even run up my stairs. my doctor initially prescribed 100 mgs for sleeplessness. i was so tired and groggy that she reduced it to 50, then 25. Most recently, i was biting a 25mg pill into quarters and taking only a quarter (which, by the way, still knocks you OUT), but i actually quit taking it friday of last week. i have to be done with this drug. it's killing my sex life, i'm as fat as a cow, my belly is gigantic and, trust me, i am not a fat person. on average i am a four to a six, eight being my "fat" clothes. i am now in a size twelve and my boobs have doubled in size, and i mean doubled. i experienced vivid, extremely | F | 35 | 5 months | 9/13/2006 | 3 | "symptoms" | After increasing 100 mg to 400 mg instantly- my dad was mad at me- I experienced a sudden reaction to my computer light flickering. I started screaming because I was having some type of epileptic like symptoms- or seizures. I couldn't go into the hallway because the light was making me go into a painfull shock and then I went downstairs- it continued- I was ready to call the police- then I sat down and started hallucinating- I was seeing lucid spikes circling on the couch. After I had to calm myself down I continued on 400 mg. Then, at the psychiatrists he said so how are we on 100mg. Totally forgot he even increased it- then we told him, he decreased it to 200 mg, then recently just increased it to 300 mg. Which is fine. I still get these tiny shock feelings sometimes. It was a terrifying experience. I basically hallucinated because of increasing this medication. I thought I should share this because no one else seems to have had this symptom. | It helps me sleep well and so far- being the only drug I take- guess it helps my "symptoms"... | F | 17 | 5 months | 10/30/2006 | 3 | Depression | none | It helped me sleep, but didn't do anything for the chemical imbalance. | F | 17 | 3 months | 2/6/2007 | 3 | Insomnia, over-sensitivity, stress | Oh yes, forgot to mention very greasy skin and hair; as it's already a problem this increase is distressing. Upon taking 50 mg before sleeping I had a restless, edgy leg which prevented me from falling asleep. Maybe loose stools and a bad appetite is due to Seroquel? | I had a problem with increased greasiness of the skin while I was taking Remeron (an anti-depressant) for 8 months, so I'm quite sure this problem is due to my present use of Seroquel. I fall asleep around 3 am and sleep until 1-2 pm, and have a hung over feeling for most of the day until I get more energetic at bedtime. Seroquel 2 x 25 mg alone doesn't help me sleep, I need benzos as well. My life is more on track now because I've had more capacity to deal with it. That's good, but I don't want to go around so groggy for much longer.I'm also scared about any detrimental effects on the body. With this drug, i'ts hard to judge the risks! | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/22/2006 | 3 | BiPolar I | None for 18 months at 25 mg. Now at 50-100mg major weight gain, less sleep, weird dreams, hair loss, and anger | My Doctor lets me take any where from 50mg-100mg depending on my state of mind and how bad I need to sleep. In the last 3 months I have gained 20 pounds and didn't know why because my Topamax is suppose to keep my weight down. I just recently realized it was from my recent increase in my Seroquel. For 18 months i took 12.5 MG or 25MG and had no weight gains, actually had wonderful weight loss. Now I cannot loose weight and I am working out 5 times a week and barely eating. Since I use to be anorexic this is a horrible problem and is completely depressing me. So I am going to the Doctor on Monday. I started taking 25 MG two days ago and I am actually sleeping better than I was on 50-75MG. | F | 40 | 2 days | 9/28/2005 |